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View synonyms for sluggard
sluggard
[ sluhg-erd ]
noun
- a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.
adjective
- lazy; sluggardly.
sluggard
/ ˈslʌɡəd /
noun
- a person who is habitually indolent
adjective
- lazy
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Derived Forms
- ˈsluggardness, noun
- ˈsluggardliness, noun
- ˈsluggardly, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sluggard1
C14 slogarde; related to slug 1
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Example Sentences
These Maruts stir up even the sluggard, even the vagrant, as the gods pleased.
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They say that life among artists is rather swift, and I don't think your husband can be called a sluggard.
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If you would know a sluggard in the things of heaven, compare him with one that is slothful in the things of this world.
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Besides, she had never been so busy before in all her life, and Ruth Fielding was no sluggard.
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The soul of the sluggard desireth and hath nothing; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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